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‘I can’t wait to check it out. I have it at home!’
Here’s something that will be very familiar to any grown-up who’s ever spent some time in a public or school library, but nuts to those who haven’t: the kid who checks out a book they already have at home. I see it all the time. “I have this book at home!” a student will exclaim, holding […]
Streaming LIVE from the Library of Congress: Jackie Woodson
Are you reading this before 10:30 a.m. EST on January 9th, 2018? Oh good. Time is an issue because the inauguration of the next National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature (you know who) is streaming live at that time and I wouldn’t ...
The Circs So Far: The 11 Most Popular Picture Books at Our K-4 School
Why do books get popular in a school library? Aside from just the obvious “It’s entertaining”, there are all sort of reasons why a particular book can get checked out a lot. Here’s a quote I often reflect upon while gazing into the distance: The unexamined library is not worth librarianing in. -Travis (with apologies […]
The Children’s Literature Community Welcomes the New Ambassador
You’ve heard the news: Excited that @everychildread, @cbcbook, & @librarycongress has selected me as the 6th National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature! An awesome way to begin 2018! Read more about my platform “READING = HOPE x CHANGE” here: https://t.co/U24I0TNfpJ @penguinkids — Jacqueline Woodson (@JackieWoodson) January 4, 2018 Now let’s see what authors and illustrators […]
And the New National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Is . . .
I lucked out and was on the committee to help pick our next National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature this year. I couldn’t be happier with the result: Exciting News! We are thrilled to announce @JackieWoodson as the 6th National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature! Read about her amazing platform READING = HOPE X CHANGE […]
Challenge: Solve This Library Mad Gabs
Working in a library with 550 patrons between the ages of 4 and 10 has really improved my ability to decipher pronunciations of all kinds. Basically 10% of my job amounts to me playing a one-sided game of Mad Gabs with a five-year-old who is desperately trying to tell me a book title. You know […]
Auto-Completed Children’s Books (#1) Goodnight Moon
Okay, Google – you think you’re pretty smart? How about you try completing the text from famous children’s books. I’ll type the beginning of each line into a Google search (plain text below), and you try to finish the line (bold text below). (All credit to @botnikstudions for the inspiration) Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown […]
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